Ruby grew up in a small steel town north of Pittsburgh. Her father was a jazz trumpet player and taught her how to sing at the age of 5. Performing jazz by the age of 14, Ruby has an understanding of musical creativity and improvisation. Her vocal style and performance is highly influenced by the jazz greats of the 30's and 40's. However growing up in the 80's and 90's, she loves reworking songs from her youth to sound like jazz. Ruby aptly names this new genre Retro Pop Fusion. She currently resides in San Antonio and can be seen performing with her band The Bonafide Playboys.